From the electrifying victory of the Indian cricket team in the recent T20 series to the rising star power of young badminton sensations, India's sporting landscape is ablaze with action! This week alone saw record-breaking performances in the Pro Kabaddi League, showcasing the nation's unwavering passion for indigenous sports. The upcoming Asian Games are generating immense anticipation, with athletes across disciplines sharpening their skills and aiming for glory on the international stage. We delve into the crucial role of sports sponsorships in nurturing talent and boosting India's sporting infrastructure. Furthermore, debates rage on about the future of cricket's dominance in India's sporting ecosystem, with other sports like hockey and football vying for increased attention and investment. Stay updated on all the latest scores, match analyses, and exclusive interviews with your favorite athletes. Explore the dynamic world of Indian sports—from the bustling stadiums to the quiet dedication of rising stars—right here. Discover the stories that shape the nation’s sporting spirit and witness the unfolding drama of the sporting year.
Mumbai, Aug 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Taarini Lodha, Stasya Pandya, Freya Deshmane, Yashaan Khambata and Yash Nensee of Mumbai's Amateur Riders' Club (ARC) secured medals in multiple categories at the Equestrian Premier League (EPL) organised by Embassy International Riding School (EIRS) held in Bengaluru on Saturday. The competition saw over 130 riders from clubs across the country and was judged by some of the top experts in the sport. Taarini Lodha astride Knock Out won gold in Children 1 Dressage with a fantastic score of 65.841% at the Equestrian Premier League 2025 on Saturday. In the Sub-Junior Show Jumping (80-90cm) category, Stasya, astride Jisamer, clinched the gold medal with a flawless round in 35.71 seconds. Stasya delivered a composed performance in the Children's Dressage category, finishing joint fifth on both her horses, including Jisamer, with identical scores of 61.835%. In the 115cm Show Jumping, Freya Deshmane, riding Chopstick, secured an impressive third place. The 135cm Show Jumping category saw a competitive field, with Yashaan Khambatta delivering consistent performances to finish third on Lord and fourth on Dolce Vita. Yash Nensee, astride D'Amour du Nénuphar, claimed fifth place in the same class. After clinching the gold medal in the Children 1 Dressage category, 13‑year‑old Taarini Lodha from Mumbai's Cathedral & John Connon School, said she is committed to pursuing equestrian sport with everything she has got. "I'm incredibly grateful and humbled to win the gold medal. It's the result of a lot of hard work, support, and belief, not just mine, but from everyone who's been part of this journey. I'm deeply grateful to my coach & club for giving me the space and support to grow, and most of all to my family, whose love, patience, and unwavering faith kept me grounded through the highs and lows. Equestrian sport isn't just a passion for me, it's a path I'm committed to pursuing with everything I've got," she was quoted as saying in a release by ARC on Sunday.
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Indian hockey player Jarmanpreet Singh said that the return of the Hockey India League (HIL) will help up-and-coming players learn more about the overseas players and would help India in ultimately securing the gold medal in Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. Jarmanpreet spoke to ANI about the return of the Hockey India League, team India winning the Paris Olympics 2024 bronze and the Asian Champions Trophy, the retirement of legendary goalkeeper PR Sreejesh etc. Speaking about the return of HIL, Jarmanpreet said to ANI, "Yes (if it will help Team India get LA 20 ...Read More >
Dehradun: Junior world champion Parth Rakesh Mane was shooting in a world of his own during the 10m air rifle final at the National Games, oblivious of the fact that the competition included two Paris Olympians and the 2022 world champion. After 10 shots, Mane jumped into the lead with 106.3 points. The 17-year-old had logged 10.6 or more in eight of his 10 shots to firmly put himself on course to clinch the gold medal. With a perfect 10.9 squeezed in between, he was more than two points ahead of second-placed Rudrankksh Patil (104.1). The steady domination continued till the end. Only once ...Read More >
Mumbai, May 27: National record holder Gulveer Singh opened India's gold medal account with a top finish in the men's 10,000m race on the opening day of the Asian Athletics Championships here on Tuesday. The 26-year-old Asian Games bronze-medallist clocked 28 minute 38.63 seconds to win the gold. His national record, which he had set earlier in the year, stands at 27:00.22. Japan's Mebuki Suzuki (28:43.84) took the silver while Bahrain's Albert Kibichi Rop (28:46.82) won the bronze. Indian Race Walker Servin Sebastian Opens India's Account With Bronze Medal at Asian Athletics Championships 202 ...Read More >
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh) [India] July 15 (ANI): The tribal-dominated Dantewada district is all set to make its footprint visible in the high-octane sport of Thai Kick Boxing, as young athletes here have clinched medals in international as well as national events. With the support of the Chhattisgarh Government, the youth of Dantewada are sharpening their skills and preparing for Thai Kick Boxing events to be held in the country and overseas. As Dantewada moves on the path to becoming a hub for producing Thai Kick Boxers, the district is also ready to shed its infamous identity that emerged du ...Read More >
India's boxing contingent of 40 promising youngsters is ready to make its mark at the Asian U19 and U22 Boxing Championships, which kicks off on July 30 and run until August 12 at the iconic Indoor Stadium Huamark in Bangkok, Thailand. The tournament, organised by Asian Boxing in association with World Boxing and the Thailand Boxing Association, will bring together 396 boxers from 26 nations. It features two age groups U19 (born between 2007 and 2008) and U22 (born between 2004 and 2006) with bo ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): India produced a stunning display of dominance in the 10m Air Rifle Junior Women event at the ISSF Junior World Cup New Delhi 2025 here on Monday at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range, registering a clean sweep of the podium. Ojasvi Thakur emerged as the champion with a score of 252.7, firing two brilliant 10.9s on her 8th and 16th shots to seal the gold medal. Teammate Hrudya Shri Kondur secured the silver with 250.2, while qualification leader Shambhavi S Kshirsagar completed the all-India podium with 229.4, as per a press release from the National Rifle As ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Indian equity indices opened lower on Friday as heavyweights like Axis Bank and Bharti Airtel were among the top losers in the BSE benchmark. At 9.25 am, Sensex was down 171 points or 0.21 per cent at 82, 087 and Nifty was down 35 points or 0.14 per cent at 25, 075. In the Sensex pack, M&M, Tata Steel, Power Grid, L&T, UltraTech Cement, Infosys, Tata Motors, BEL, NTPC, TCS, Trent and Maruti Suzuki were top gainers. Axis Bank, Bharti Airtel, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Tech Mahindra , HDFC Bank, Eternal (Zomato), HUL, Sun Pharma, Bajaj Finance, ICICI Bank, Titan and Bajaj Finserv ...Read More >
Widely celebrated as the High Flyer of PKL, Pawan Sehrawat is one of the most dynamic players in the league's history. He became the most expensive player in PKL when Tamil Thalaivas signed him for ₹2.26 crores in Season 9. Representing the Reserve Bank of India, Pawan has also brought pride to the nation, winning the gold medal at the 2019 South Asian Games and the 2023 Asian Kabaddi Championship. Joining him in leadership is Arjun Deshwal, the Raid Machine of PKL, who takes on the role of Vi ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) India para-athlete Rinku made history for Indian javelin, winning a gold medal with a meet record to boot in the men's F46 event in the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Monday. Rinku led a 1-2 for the hosts as compatriot Sundar Singh Gurjar claimed the silver medal. The night could have been even better for the hosts if Ajeet Singh had had a good day. Unfortunately, he finished fourth. In the lead-up to the event, there were signs it was going to be an unforgettable event, particularly for Rinku, who set a new ...Read More >
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], June 8 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh governor S. Abdul Nazeer congratulated reigning Asian champion and Olympian Jyothi Yarraji on winning the gold medal in an impressive 12.99 seconds time in the women's 100m hurdles at the Taiwan Athletics Open 2025 in Taipei. Jyothi Yarraji continued her scorching form this season after she scripted a victory in the women's 100m hurdles as India bagged six gold medals on the opening day of the Taiwan Athletics Open 2025 in Chinese Taipei on Saturday. Also Read | India National Cricket Team Kicks Off Intense Training Ahead of F ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Women boxers led India's march to glory as three of them -- Sakshi (54kg), Jaismine (57kg) and Nupur (80+kg) -- registered contrasting victories to bag gold medals as the Indian contingent clinched its best-ever medal haul at the World Boxing Cup - Astana, Kazakhstan 2025 here on Sunday. Sakshi was at her attacking best against USA's Yosline Perez to get a unanimous verdict from the judges in the women's 54kg final while Jaismine kept her cool under pressure to get the better of Jucielen Cequeira Romeu of Brazil 4:1 in the women's 57kg weight category. Nupur then overcame the chall ...Read More >
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], July 8 (ANI): Team India secured a total of 588 medals, including 280 gold medals, at the recent 21st edition of the World Police and Fire Games 2025 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Team India ranked third in the overall charts, behind the USA (1,354 medals, including 569 gold, 433 silver, and 352 bronze medals) and Brazil (743 medals, including 266 gold, 246 silver, and 231 bronze medals), as per the competition's website. India will be hosting the 2029 edition of the tournament in Ahmedabad. Recently in June, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel announced that G ...Read More >
Beijing, Sept 16 (UNI) India's speed skater Anandkumar Velkumar carved out a golden chapter for the country, winning India's maiden gold medal at the Speed Skating World Championships here. Velkumar stormed to victory in the senior men's 1,000m sprint, clocking 1 minute 24.924 seconds to finish ahead of a competitive international field. His triumph marked a watershed moment for Indian roller sports, which has long sought recognition on the global stage. The 23-year-old from Tamil Nadu had already secured India's first senior medal at the same meet by bagging bronze in the 500m sprint with a ...Read More >
BENGALURU, July 4 (Reuters) - Former Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra believes his eponymous javelin competition could be the catalyst that transforms India's athletics landscape, as the country prepares to host a world-class field event on Saturday. The inaugural edition of the Neeraj Chopra Classic will feature an impressive lineup including 2016 Olympic gold medallist Thomas Rohler, 2015 World champion Julius Yego, and Chopra himself alongside domestic talent. "I never dreamt of this event as ...Read More >
New Delhi: Praveen Kumar vividly remembers the annual sports day at Pragyan Public School, eight summers back. Then in Class 9, Praveen's wish to compete in high jump had met stiff resistance from his school before his stubbornness prevailed. Hailing from the town of Jewar in Uttar Pradesh and born with a congenital condition that resulted in a shorter and weaker left leg, Praveen faced denial at every stage of his life. Sport, he believed, would offer him a level playing field, but convincing t ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): India produced a stunning display of dominance in the 10m Air Rifle Junior Women's event at the ISSF Junior World Cup New Delhi 2025 here on Monday at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range, registering a clean sweep of the podium. Ojasvi Thakur emerged as the champion with a score of 252.7, firing two brilliant 10.9s on her 8th and 16th shots to seal the gold medal. Teammate Hrudya Shri Kondur secured the silver with 250.2, while qualification leader Shambhavi S Kshirsagar completed the all-India podium with 229.4, as per a press release from the National Rifle ...Read More >
Dehradun/Haldwani, Jan 31 (PTI) Karnataka's 14-year-old swimming sensation Dhinidhi Desinghu clinched her fourth gold, while weightlifters continued to impress with Manipur's Bindyarani Devi smashing a national record on a day when the tiny northeastern state jumped to the top of medal tally at the National Games on Friday. A sporting powerhouse despite its small size, Manipur moved up two rungs after winning eight medals, including a gold each from weightlifting and wushu, for a total of 19 (9 gold, 7 silver, 3 bronze). Services, though, were close on the heels of Manipur with just one less ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Indian equestrian Anush Agarwalla on Thursday announced the retirement of his long-time horse Sir Caramello with whom he competed at the Paris Olympics. The 25-year-old Agarwalla had become the first rider from India to compete in the Dressage event at the Olympic Games. They had finished ninth in Group E in Paris, missing out on making the medal round. "Thank you Sir Caramello for being more than just a horse for me - my partner, my strength, and most importantly, my friend," Agarwalla wrote on social media in an emotional post. "You carried not only my dreams, but the dreams o ...Read More >
Bengaluru: They were all minors but wanted to make quick bucks to splurge on drugs, cigarettes and snacks. Setting eyes on lone victims, mainly pedestrians near bus stands or isolated streets, three Class IX students and one first-year PU student ganged up for pre-dawn robberies across East Bengaluru for over a year. However their luck ran out when they snatched the valuables of a woman on July 3. Caught by KR Puram police, they are now cooling their heels in jail.On the morning of July 3, a woman in her 50s was walking past Garden City College when two of the juveniles, riding a stolen gearle ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 9 (ANI): Following the violent protest at Kerala University, a case has been registered against 27 activists of the ruling CPM's Students Federation of India (SFI), including its state secretary P S Sanjeev, who has been named the prime accused, police said. The case also names 1,000 identifiable protesters who have been accused of damaging public property, forcibly entering the university campus, and assaulting police and university staff, police said on Tuesday. Also Read | Nobel Peace Prize 2025: From Mahatma Gandhi to Jawaharlal Nehru, Check Full ...Read More >
Mumbai: Indian students won two gold and two silver medals at the 57th International Chemistry Olympiad 2025 held in Dubai, UAE, from July 5 to 14. Devesh Bhaiya from Maharashtra's Jalgaon and Sandeep Kuchi from Hyderabad bagged the gold medals at the international event. Debadatta Priyadarshi from Odisha and Ujjwal Kesari from New Delhi won the silver medals. India stood sixth among the participating countries in the medals tally, along with Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Israel.This year, the event saw participation from 354 students from 90 countries. This was India's 26th appearance ...Read More >
Mangaluru: Mangaluru City police arrested four youths and a juvenile in connection with the abduction and robbery of a gold ingot from a jewellery shop employee in the city. The crime, which took place on Sept 26, was allegedly executed in a pre-planned manner by the accused, who intercepted the victim, assaulted him, and made away with the gold.City police commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy stated that the accused arrested on Monday have been identified as Farish, 18, from Kotekar Post and Village, Safwan, 23, from Mukkacheri, Arafat Ali, 18, from Mastikatte, Faraz, 19, from Ullal, and a juveni ...Read More >
New Delhi: Indian shooters continued their winning run at the ISSF Junior World Cup by winning gold and silver at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range on Tuesday.The pair of Isha Taksale and Himanshu won the 10m air rifle mixed team event, beating compatriots Shambhavi Kshirsagar and Naraen Pranav 17-15 in the gold medal match.It was Himanshu's second gold of the competition as he had clinched the top medal in the individual category on Monday.The match was a good example of opportunity lost for the Shambhavi-Pranav duo. They were leading 15-9 and needed only a point to win the match.However, pre ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Thursday took strong action against the police officers allegedly responsible for the Bengaluru stampede, suspending several high-ranking officials, including the city's police commissioner. Addressing a press conference, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah also announced a one-man commission to probe the lapses that triggered the deadly stampede. "Cubbon Park Police Station police inspector, station house master, station house officer, ACP, Central Division DCP, cricket stadium in-charge, additional commissioner of police, commissioner of police have been susp ...Read More >
Mumbai, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Jyothi Yarraji, Tejas Ashok Shirse, and Abdulla Aboobacker won the gold as India dominated the track in the 2025 Taiwan Athletics Open, finishing with six gold medals in the World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze meet held in Taipei on Saturday. Pooja in women's 1500m and the quartet of Sudheeksha Vadluri, Sneha Sathyanarayana Shanuvalli, Abinaya Rajarajan, and Nithya Gandhe in the women's 4x100m relay picked the other two gold medals for India in the event. The Indian quartet of Gurindervir Singh, Animesh Kujur, Manikanta Hoblidhar, and Amlan Borgohain added ...Read More >
Mumbai, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday debunked all allegations made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi about rigging and match-fixing in the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections. In his articles titled 'Those Rejected by the People Deny the Mandate', published in the same three newspapers where Gandhi's write-ups appeared, CM Fadnavis advised the Congress MP to "accept defeat, introspect on where you went wrong, why your connect with the people is lacking, and what needs to be done." He taunted Gandhi, saying that the latter was preparing excuses for "defeats ...Read More >
ITANAGAR, 6 Jul: India clinched the top spot at the 9th South Asian Karate Championship 2025, winning 23 gold, 24 silver and 12 bronze medals. The championship was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 2 to 6 July. The karatekas from Arunachal Pradesh Amateur Karate-Do Association (APAKA) contributed five medals, including three gold and two silvers, to India's medal tally, APAKA general secretary John Bagang inf-ormed. The trio of Abab Sangdo, John Sangdo and Sunday Bokar won one gold medal in the senior male team kata. Competing in male U-21 individual kata, John Sangdo also won a gold medal, ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 30: Isha Anil Taksale and Himanshu staged a thrilling fightback to win the 10m air rifle mixed team gold against country-mates Shambhavi Kshirsagar and Naraen Pranav, while Vinay Pratap Chandrawat bagged a bronze in men's trap as India maintained its No. 1 spot in the ISSF Junior World Cup with 23 medals, here on Tuesday. On the penultimate day of the event when India took its tally to seven gold, nine silver and seven bronze, the pair of Isha and Himanshu defeated Shambhavi and Pranav 17-15 after trailing 9-15 at one stage. Both pairs showcased high-quality shooting with Sham ...Read More >
GENEVA - India's push toward winning the 2036 Olympics hosting contest seemed to stall a little on Thursday in the first big decision of Kirsty Coventry's IOC presidency. Coventry paused the fast tracking of a preferred bidder -- a signature policy of her predecessor and mentor Thomas Bach -- in a concession to International Olympic Committee members who have wanted more say in decisions under new leadership. Recommended Videos "Members want to be engaged more in the process" of picking Olympic hosts, Coventry acknowledged, citing "overwhelming support" at meetings this week to stop and rev ...Read More >
Kolkata: Archers Sahil Rajesh Jadhav and Shrey Bhardwaj were felicitated by the National Centre of Excellence (NCOE) of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) here on Friday for winning medals at international events recently. Jadhav won gold and silver at the FISU World University Games in Germany last week and Bhardwaj bagged three gold at the World Police and Fire Games in the USA recently. Jadhav, 24, was one of India's two gold medallists in Rhine-Ruhr at the July 16-27 Games. Jadhav, who is from Maharashtra, won the men's individual compound gold after eliminating Ajay Scott of Britain 14 ...Read More >